Staff at BCA Blackbushe are pulling out all the stops for BEN Week. Here’s what they’ve got planned:
they’ll be taking bags of sweets around the auction halls in exchange for donations to BEN;
‘BEN’ cakes will be sold in their canteen;
a raffle will take place;
they are having a beach-themed dress down day for staff on [...]
…Jim Laney!
Residents at Lynwood, our care centre next door, enjoyed a parade of summer shorts and knobbly knees! It was a difficult decision, but Joyce decided that Jim in Finance should walk away with the title of ‘Best Shorts’. Well done Jim!
It’s BEN’s 105th birthday today - marking the first day of National BEN Week!
There’s lots happening this week, so make sure you keep your eye on the blog for updates and photos.
We’re starting off the week with a Bermuda shorts competition at 11.30am - knobbly knee pics to follow!
It’s our last day in the office before National BEN Week kicks off on Monday, so we’re busy with our final preparations here at BEN Head Office.
Here’s our plan for the week:
Don’t forget to keep us posted on your activities by emailing info@ben.org.uk, commenting on this blog, tweeting using hash tag #BENweek or simply giving [...]
Our lovely friends at Enterprise Rent-A-Car are so busy next week that they decided to hold their sumer-style birthday celebrations for BEN a little bit earlier!
Last week they enjoyed ‘Flip Flop Friday’, a charity raffle and ice cream at their summer BBQ.
It looks like they’ve raised about £500 for BEN which is great news!
Citroen have been in touch to let us know their plans for BEN’s big 105 birthday celebrations next week.
They’re looking forward to a BBQ and ice cream day (possibly with an ice cream van!), a dress down day (sunglasses essential), departmental WII volley ball competition and a raffle (including sunglasses, watch and wine).
They will also [...]
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Hi everyone,
BEN Week is just around the corner, so I hope you’re looking forward to celebrating our birthday with us in true summer style!
If you’ve got plans to Hit the Beach with BEN during 19-25 July, please keep us posted and we’ll make sure you are featured on this blog. You can either email eventsteam@ben.org.uk [...]